Markets
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Bank of America's profit drops 77 percent in first quarter
Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America Corp. said Monday its profit fell 77 percent in the first quarter, hurt by trading losses and a $3.3 billion increase in reserves for p...
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Take on the tickerApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Diane Swonk is chief economist and senior managing partner, Mesirow Financial, Chicago What moved markets last week? "We saw a really interesting disconnect. The equity ...
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Initial first-quarter earnings delight investors
Apr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street topped off a strong week with a big rally Friday after results from companies such as Citigroup and Google helped ease investor anxiety about the...
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Wall Street heads to higher open
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK == Wall Street tilted to a higher opening Friday, with investors relieved that there were no shocks as Citigroup Inc. reported first-quarter results. The financ...
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Stocks mixed following divergent corporate quarterly reports
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed an erratic session mixed Thursday after an uneven batch of earnings reports made investors more cautious about buying stocks. Disappointin...
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Wall Street surges higher after upbeat earnings reports
Apr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street rallied Wednesday after better-than-expected quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and two other Dow Jones industrials raised investors' ho...
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Stocks rise in erratic trading after economic, earnings data
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed an erratic session moderately higher Tuesday after investors sorted through a mixed batch of data that included a rebound in New York manu...
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Wall Street tilts toward higher open before data on inflation
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street was poised to open modestly higher Tuesday as investors awaited readings on inflation and manufacturing and more earnings reports. The Commerce D...
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Circuit City resists a Blockbuster deal
Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- Blockbuster Inc., which has been busy trying to fix its own movie-rental business, is making a hostile takeover bid of just over $1 billion for Circuit City St...
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Foreclosure filings against US homeowners soar 57 percentApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The onslaught of homes facing foreclosures has yet to ebb, a research report showed Tuesday, with bank repossessions skyrocketing last month as more troubled homeowners ...